Demon King and new title match confirmed for SummerSlam, updated match card

By Anutosh Bajpai -
August 15, 2017

Things took a sharp turn during tonight’s episode of Raw as the audience got to see two matches originally announced for SummerSlam 6 days earlier.

The first bout was for the Cruiserweight Championship between Neville and Akira Tozawa in which Tozawa was victorious and he became the new Cruiserweight Champion

Later it was announced that the former Cruiserweight Champion will get his rematch for the title and he’ll face the new title holder Tozawa at the upcoming SummerSlam PPV.

The second SummerSlam match which fans got to witness early was between Finn Balor and Bray Wyatt in which the Eater of Worlds came out victorious clean.

However, after the match, Wyatt covered Balor in fake blood to humiliate the former Universal Champion after which Finn demanded a rematch against the former Leader Of Wyatt Family at the PPV this Sunday.

The match was granted by the General Manager Kurt Angle and later it was revealed that the former NXT Champion will be bringing back his Demon Avatar at SummerSlam for his match.

During the show, it was also announced the Sheamus and Cesaro will be defending the Raw tag titles against Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose at the next PPV. After tonight’s Raw here is the updated match card for SummerSlam: